DGP

Kochi: A division bench of Kerala High Court on Wednesday set aside a single bench judgement directing action against former DGP Siby Mathews and other police officials who were part of a Special Investigation Team, that had probed the ISRO espionage, case for their alleged lapses.
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay down policy on terror and international security issues during the second day of the 49th All India DGPs and IGPs conference in Guwahati on Sunday.
The meet comes in the wake of the recent arrest of an ISIS terrorist from Mumbai and also...

New Delhi: A two-day conference of the state DGPs and IGs will commence in Guwahati city of Assam on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh will attend the meet which is being held outside the national capital for the first time.
The conclave will also discuss about...

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir DGP on Thursday ordered an inquiry on state Director Inspector General of Police Shakeel Beig's pictures showing abuse of power. The photographs which were posted by the DIG's son have gone viral.
In one of the pictures, a man was seen helping DIG Shakeel Beig...

Guwahati: Three days after former DGP of Assam Shankar Baruah committed suicide, an FIR has been registered against the CBI teams that conducted raids at the police officer's residence in connection with the Saradha scam.
Baruah's house was raided on August 28 as he was being investigated for his alleged role...

Terming the police probe as "misleading", family of the woman, who was found murdered in Mohanlalganj area in Lucknow, has written a letter to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and the DGP demanding a CBI inquiry in the case.
"I have sent a letter to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and DGP A...

Police on Friday recovered a huge cache of explosives from Mahoba district.
Seven sacks containing 2018 dynamite rods, 3000 detonators and wires were recovered during a vehicle inspection exercise by the police, a statement from the DGP's office said.
Acting on a tipoff that heavy explosives are being transported into the city,...

DGP of Uttar Pradesh AL Banerjee said that the number of rape cases being reported in UP are routine. "Such incidents happen all the time. Every year such cases are reported. That is why you have the police machinery. Police is there because such law and order situations exist," he...

Srinagar: Senior IPS officer K Rajendra Kumar on Monday took over as new Director General of Jammu and Kashmir police and said maintenance of law and order was the prime duty of the force.
"Policepublic cooperation at the grassroot level is imperative to achieve our goal and effective measures will be...

Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) Abhyanand could not cast his vote on Thursday as his name did not figure in the voters list.
"My name is not in voters list hence I am not able to exercise my franchise," Abhyanand told PTI. He said the same had happened last time...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu government on Saturday posted Director General of Police and Police Housing Corporation Chairman and Managing Director, Anoop Jaiswal, as in-charge, of Elections with immediate effect.
"Jaiswal is transferred and posted as Director General of Police (Elections), Tamil Nadu to attend all election related works involving police", Chief Secretary...

AN Upadhyay has been appointed as the Director General of Police (DGP) of Chhattisgarh.
Upadhyay (55), a 1985 batch IPS officer, is currently the acting DGP of the Naxal-infested state, since his predecessor Ramniwas retired from service.
He assumed the charge as DGP on Saturday evening after his name was cleared by...

Four policemen have been suspended for stopping traffic to clear the way for the vehicles of a former UP police chief and his family that apparently left many commuters stranded including the wife of a top bureaucrat in the state.
Former Director General of Police Prakash Singh and his family were...

Azamgarh: Uttar Pradesh DGP Devraj Nagar on Wednesday issued directions to concerned officials to ensure law and order during the coming festival season in the state.
At a meeting at the circuit house in Azamgarh, he asked the officials to take all necessary steps for maintenance of peace during the festival...

Hyderabad: Senior IPS officer B Prasada Rao is expected to become the next Director General of Andhra Pradesh Police, succeeding V Dinesh Reddy who will have to demit office on September 30 following the State Government's rejection of his plea for extension of tenure.
The Government on Thursday filed an affidavit...

Andhra Pradesh DGP V Dinesh Reddy on Friday said he along with his wife owned only seven-and-half acres pertaining to eight sale deeds out of the 542 deeds (1,500 acres) mentioned in a petition filed by a senior IPS officer against him in the Supreme Court.
In the backdrop of CBI...

Former DG of Prisons in Punjab Shashi Kant has alleged that major political parties in Punjab are involved in drug rackets. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has taken suo moto cognisance of the matter and issued notices to the Punjab government and the union government. In his letter Shashi...

The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred two IPS officers, a spokesman said in Lucknow.
Vinay Kumar Yadav, who was attached with the DGP headquarters, has been posted as SP Kasganj. SP Kasganj Rajendra Prasad Pandey has been attached with the DGP headquarters, he said.
Meanwhile, transfer of Inspector General of Police Anti-Terror...

A series of nine explosions took place early on Sunday morning in the Buddhist city of Bodh Gaya in Bihar, leaving two monks injured. The Bihar Police said the Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC) has requested it to step security in the temple. DGP Abhayanand told reporters that the police...

Even as Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said the number of missing people in his state after the floods is 3000, the state's DGP said the number could be bigger as per the data collected by disaster management body. "Our priority right now is to clear Kedarnath. The bodies we...

Nagpur: Police have booked Maharashtra's Director General of Police Sanjeev Dayal and senior officials of the government under a special Act following a complaint lodged against them by a top prison official for allegedly delaying his promotion.
The officials were booked on Tuesday under the provisions of...

Moga: An NRI, accused of killing a former MLA and father of exPunjab DGP in 1991, was on Wednesday acquitted of the charge by a local court, which held that the Canadian was falsely implicated in the case. Jagdev Singh was booked on the charge of killing NS Gill, a...

Patna: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned the Bihar Police chief to appear before it for failing to submit a report on a minor girl missing since September 18, 2012. The NHRC has asked Director General of Police Abhyanand to appear before it personally at its office in...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government has asked state Director General of Police Ashok Prasad to conduct a detailed inquiry into the suicide attack on a CRPF camp and killing of a youth in alleged firing by security forces on Wednesday.
"The DGP, who is camping in Srinagar, will be making...

New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday gave into the demands of state governments opposing the ambitious setting up of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and said the proposed intelligence agency will not have the right to make arrests without the states' permission, sources said. NCTC will also be placed outside...

Mumbai: A Facebook post, subsequent arrest and a high level inquiry later, charges have finally been dropped against the 21yearold girl who posted comments on Bal Thackeray. This past week, the girl and her family were attacked, her friend who liked the post was also traumatised, but both stood by...

Mumbai: The Mumbai police on Monday arrested a 21yearold girl from Thane for questioning the total shutdown in the city for Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray's funeral on her Facebook account. Another girl who 'liked' the comment was also arrested. However, both the girls were later released on bail.
The funeral...

New Delhi: The West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) has warned that the Maoists have links with Pakistan spy agency InterServices Intelligence (ISI). According to sources in the Home Ministry, the observation was made by the West Bengal DGP at a meet on Naxals.
The Bengal police chief said at...

Chandigarh: Rattled by increasing number of rape cases in Haryana, DGP Ranjiv Singh Dalal on Monday said SPs and SHOs have been directed to tour rural areas to take action against vagabonds.
The directive comes after dozen cases of rape were reported in the state within a month. Two days ago,...